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September 2003

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[SciPy-user] Low-level code integration
by Tom Loredo Sept. 3, 2003

Sept. 3, 2003

Hi folks- I'll be in the Bay area next week but unfortunately at another meeting, so I can't participate in this discussion. But I think the thread raises important issues. > This, we agree 100% on. In fact, if the C API offered a way to index high > rank arrays without manually computing stride offsets on every access, that > would probably satisfy a significant fraction of usage cases. I consider > one-liners like the above icing on the cake, but A(i,j,k) indexing is really a > significant change which makes development far more productive. This point of agreement between the two of you is indeed what would satisfy me most of the time. I write a lot of extensions with few-d arrays, and calculating the strides does indeed become a nuisance and makes the code harder to read and maintain. Another possible virtue of having this kind of intermediate API between C and numarray is that it might isolate the user to possible future changes in the numarray C API, though I don't know if there is a significant chance of such changes. Just thought I'd add a voice of agreement on the value of the kind of API being discussed, even if I'm not in a position to offer code.... -Tom Loredo

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Announce: Python 2.3 for Windows (Enthought Edition) now available
by David C. Morrill Sept. 3, 2003

Sept. 3, 2003

Just a quick heads up that Python 2.3 for Windows (Enthought Edition) is now available at: http://www.enthought.com This is in addition to the Python 2.2.3 for Windows (Enthought Edition) that was previously announced. Besides the obvious feature of being based on Python 2.3, this new version also includes updates to several other packages, such as wxPython So if you've been putting off giving Python 2.3 a spin, now might be a good time to upgrade. And if you do decide to give it a try, we'd also appreciate hearing from you either on the mailing lists or on the bug tracker concerning what you think about the new Python distribution. Enjoy! The Python guys at Enthought, Inc.

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